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DAILY
FORTIETH YEAR.
HOG SHE WAS
REGDRD MAKES
FOB THE SOUTH
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ARLES PLANTATION SELLS 137
HEAD OF IMMPSHIRES FOR $14,-
150 HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL
PRICE WAS $307.50.
Hogs to the value of $14,150 were
sold in Americus yesterday afternoo...
making a record for being the largest
hog sale consummated by a dealer
in the Southern states.
The Arles Plantation sold privately
to a Chattanooga firm a solid carload
of Hampshires ofr $6,000, and at pub
lic auction 77 head were sold for SB,-
150. There were 60 head in the car.
of the 137 hogs were bred on the
Arles Plantation.
The highest price paid at public out
cry was $307.50. A dozen were sold
for more than $260 a head.
The sale was attended by breeders
from all sections of the South.
immlTbe
SOLO TO FARMERS
COUNTY FARM DEMONSTRATOR
MARSHALL NOTIFIED BY GOV
ERNMENT HOW TO DISTRIBUTE
IN THIS COUNTY.
Notice has been given to George O.
Marshall, agricultural agent for Sum
ter county, that the United states de
partment of agriculture will sell at
cost a supply of nitrate of soda to
farmers in Sumter county.
This nitrate was purchased through
the War Industries board under the
authority of the food control act as
a part of the program for stimulating
agricultural production. It will be un
loaded at Atlantic ports and the price
will be $75.50 a ton, free on board
cars at port of arrival. Farmers are
to pay in addition freight from port of
arrival and the state fetilize tag fee.
Applications so a part of the 100,000
tons of nitrate bought by the govern
ment will be recieved only from actual
farmers or owners or holders of farms
for use on thei land, and may be
made through County Agent Geo. O.
Marshall, or through any member of
a ideal committee consisting of Frank
Sheffield, C. C. Hawkins and Rob.
prown.
No money will be required with the
application, but upon notice from the
cr.untv prent, farmers who have signed
applications must deposit with a local
bank, association or individual, desig
nated by the secretary of agriculture
to act as the farmers’"agent for that
purpose, money to cover the cost of the
fertilizer, except the freight charge.
After the money is transmitted to
Washington the nitrate vill be ship
ped to the farmers. If applications
for the nitrate exceed the supply of
about 100,000 tons, the government
will allot the supply on a pro rata
basis among those who applied. Ap
plications must be received by Febru
ary 4 th.
County Demonstration Marshall
in calling attention to the fact that
February 4th is the time limit for the
filing of applications, desires to im
press n on farmers that the committee
is anxious to get all applications in
by February Ist. Therefore, Sumter
county farmers a urged by him to
see one of the committee named above
by February Ist and file their applica
tions for as much of the nitrate as
they will require.
ANOTHER uAR OF COAL
RECEIVED HEBE TODAY
Another car of coal reached Ameri
cus this morning, being consigned to
tile Council company.
Harrold Brothers received a car the
other day, but had orders on file for
eve r y ton of it.
The fuel situation here is somewhat
re'icved. and there is not as much
complaint as was heard ten days ago.
AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER
"LIVEST LITTLE DAILY IN GEORGIA."
PEOPLE COOPERATE
WHEN NEW DELIVERY
SYSTEM EXPLAINED
Americus grocers and butchers to
day- report that their customers are
generally acquiescing to the new deliv
ery system, and that what protests
have been made were due mostly to
misunderstanding.
The spirit of the customers is to co
operate with the grocers, various deal
ers state, and when the facts are ex
plained, there are no more kicks.
The grocers and butchers are in mu
tual agreement to make only two de
liveries a day, and so far it is declared
that there has not been a single vio
lation.
The idea is to reduce operating ex
penses, consistent with the decline in
the price of many groceries that re
sulted from enforcement of the food
control law here.
In Moultrie and other towns of;
Georgia, the delivery system has been
abandoned. The storekeepers here,
however, have no intention of going
that far. But they are going to stick
by their twice-a-day method, and they
are gratified! at the co-operation they
are receiving from the public.
Some of them report protests, but
state that when the facts are made
clear the customers invariably pledge
their assistance.
HAMPSHIRE MEN
IN CONVENTION
HERE YESTERDAY
The Georgia Hampshire Breeders'
Association held its annual meeting in»
Americus yesterday afternoon and last
night, in connection with the big sale
at the Arles Plantation.
A membership of 100 was reported.
Last night the members enjoyed a
banquet at the Hotel Windsor as the
guests of the Arles Plantation.
The following officers were elected:
S. J. Carter, Parrott, president.
W. T. Calhoun, Americus, vice pres
ident.
C. S. Glisson, Hawkinsville, secre-
I •»
tary and treasurer.
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HAVE NOT HAD ANY
PROTESTS AGAINST
NEW DELIVERY PLAN
The Times-Recorder has received the
following:
Dear Sirs: It was with regret that
we read in your paper yesterday of
the ladies being “Up In Arms’’ about
the delivery. In justice to our many
customers, we want to say we have
rot had a complaint or a criticism
Not one has seemed angry- at our fail
ure to deliver, but all have given their
hearty approval and all seem anxiou?
to co-operate. Assuring you we appre
ciate the many kind expressions and
heaity co-operation extended us, we
are Yours very truly,
MORGAN & CO.
DEMURRAGE RULE BN
CARS NOW IN FORCE
Under orders of Director' General
McAdoo, who is operating the rail
roads of the country, the new demur
rage rules became effective monday. !
Their object is to keep cars moving. |
They are so rigid that it will cost!
the value of the contents of some ship. I
medts to leave them in cars very long.
The charge will be three dollars a car
I for the first day and a dollar extra
I up to the eighth day when the rate will
I be $lO a day for each day that cars
are left unloaded. To leave a car un
! loaded for ten days under the new
: rules will cost $72, with $lO a day for
each day thereafter. The old “aver
ge agreement" by which credit is giv
en on one car for prompt unloading of
another car is cancelled. Every car is
i to be kept moving.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. JANUARY 24, 1918
GOVERNMENT NO
111 OUfIL ME
IS NOW ASSURED
WALTER S. COLEMAN, REPRESENT
ING DEPARTMENT OF THE LN
TERIOR PAYS OFFICIAL VISIT
TO AMERICUS.
Walter S. Coleman, of Cedartown,
for twenty years president of the
Georgia Weekly Press Association, is
in Americus today, representing the
Department of the Interior in an en
deavor to bring relief here in the mat
ter of fuel.
Mr. Coleman is a special commis
sioner to the Indian territories, but
at the request of Hon. W. J. Harris
,ho has been temporarily transferred
I to the interior department and sent to
Georgia to investigate the coal situa
tion.
He had a conference today with all
the local coal dealers, and made ar
rangements whereby they will be able
to obtain more coal in the future.
Mr. Coleman is going to every town
and city in Georgia where there is an
acute coal shortage, and is formulating
.a plan whereby, through government
aid, relief may be had.
GOVERNMENT WILL
CONDUCT CAMPAIGN
ON SHINE MAKERS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 24.
The discovery that the manufacture of
“moonshine" whisky is increasing
rapidly in some dry states and that
, quantities of liquor have been sold il
licitly to soldiers in Southern camps,
especially those at Greenville, Colum
bia and Chattanooga, caused Internal
Revenue Commissioner Roper to an
nounce today the beginning of a na
tionwide campaign against illicit dis
tilling. The campaign is to be un
dertaken in co-operation with gover
nors in various states.
ALL REGISTRANTS
ARE CARD-INDEXED
The local exemption board has re
ceived instructions from the provost
marshal to prepare a complete card
index system, covering eyery detail
of the information on each 'question
naire. Each registrant is given a
card and on this must be put in the
proper columns his full history from
registration to filing of his answers
on the questionnaire. Members of
the board estimate that it will re
l quire an average of 90 minutes to the
j card. These cards will be sent to the
< ffice of the pioyost marshal general
for use in making future drafts. An
explanatory circular sent with the in
struction covering this new work says
that it is the purpose of the index j
system to enable the war department
Ito locate quickly men skilled in cer- [
I tain lines of work. In the past men
were sent to training camps with no
reference to their respective abilities
and it there became the task of mili
tary authorities to sort them out. Un
der the new system if the department
wants a mechanic they can refer to [
the index for that particular trade and
find the men needed. The filling in
of these cards will require an infinite
amount of clerical work.
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ITALIAN TERRITORY
BEING EVACUATED
ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS, in
Northern Italy, Jan. 23. (Delayed.)
j —The enemy has successfully evac
-1 uated all of the territory on the nor
[ them mountain front behind Monte
I Tomba and ext»nding from the Piave
I river weastward.
Mrs. Lee Allen HL
The friends of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Al
len will learn with great regret of the
serious illness of the- latter. Mrs. Al-
I len has a severe attack of pneumonia.
RUSSIA GIVEN
FINAL NOTICE
BI THE_KAISEH
PETROGRAD, Jan. 23.—(Delayed.)
—Russia must give up all of Courland
and the Baltic provinces, or the Ger
mans will resume military operations
and occupy Reval within a week.
The German delegation at tne Brest-
Litovsk negotiations informed the
Russians at the last session to this ef
fect. Following this an adjournment
of the conference was taken until Jan
uary 29th, to permit the Russians time
to consider the German terms.
Forty Killed During Riots.
PETROGRAD Jan 24 —Forty persons
were killed and two hundred others
wounded during riots in Moscow en
gendered by demonstrations celebrat
ing “Bloody Sunday” there.
CHAMBERLAIN TO
DEFEND HIMSELF
ON SENATE FLOOR
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WASHINGTON, D. C-, Jan: 24.
Senator Chamberlain, chairman of the
senate military committee, rose to a
question of personal privilege today
and replied to President Wilson’s re
cent statement that Senator Chamber
lain, in his speech before the senate
had made an “astonishing and abso
lutely unjustifiable distortion of the
truth.”
IMPURITIES” FOUND
IN CANDY FOR NAVY
WASHINGTON, D. C-, Jan. 24.
The discovery of “impurities” in can
dy supplied to canteens on naval ships
today caused the issuance of an order
suspending the sale of candy to navy
men, and also the (purchase of addi
tional candy‘supplies, pending an in
vestigation. Officials hero are care
ful not to say wha* the “impurities”
were, but there is a recurrence of re
ports that .powdered glass has been
discovered. No cases of sickness have
been reported as a result of the dis
covery. •
RAILROAD MEASURE
FOR LENGTH OF WAR
WASHINGTON, D. C;, Jan. 24.
The administartion railroad bill has
been modified to stipulate expressly
that federal operation is undertaken
as a war emergency measure, but this
shall not prejudice the future policv
of the government toward ownership
of the roads. No specific time is fixed
for the return of the roads to private
owners, however.
FORMER GERMAN SHIP
SUNK BY SUBMARINE
AN ATLANTIC PORT, Jan. 24.—The
American steamship Owasscop former
ly the German steamer Allemannia,
seized here when the United States
entered the war, was sunk by a sub
marin early in December, off the
Spanish Mediterranean coast- Ac
cording to a survivor who arrived here
today, two members of the crew were
lost.
FAIR AND WARMER
IS THE FORECAST
Here is good new-s, indeed!
It is going to be fair and warmer
real ly!
The weather man says so.
REMAINS OF MRS. '
HORNADY BURIED IN
OAK GROVE CEMETERY
Mrs. Sarah E. Hornady, widow of
the late Dr. Albert Hornady, who so"
years practiced dentistry in Americus,
died Wednesday at the residence of her
son, W. P. Hornady, in Dawson, Ga.,
where she had made her home for
thb past several years.
Mrs. Hornady was in her eightieth
year, and was a consistent member
of the Methodist church. I She was lov
ed by all who knew her for her kind
ness and the good she did for human
ity, being a devoted worker in the
interest of her church.
She is survived by two sons, fc. B.
Hornady, of Buena Vista, and W. P.
Hornady, of Dawson, Ga.; by two
daughters, Mrs. Leila DeWolfe, of La
redo, Tex., and Miss Mary Hornady, of
Dawson, Ga.; three brothers, B. F.
Green, of Ellaville; G. M. Green, of
Americus, and C. J. Green, of Shell
man, Ga.; three daughters, Mrs. R. F.
Williams and Mrs. T. R. Strange, of
Ellaville, and Mrs. B. F. Crittenden,
of Shellman, Ga.
The funeral party arrived on the
2:11 train from Dawson, and went to
Oak Grove cemetery, where the ser
vices and interment followed. Rev. W.
P. Dennis, of Montezuma, officiated.
To the bereaved ones the sympathies
of all are extended.
SHORT MEASURE
COMPLAINT WILL
BE INVESTIGATED
Food Administrator FVanc Mangum
announces that he and his advisory
committee are going to make a thor
ough investigation of the complaint)
that have reached him in regard to
short measures and weights.
The complaints have not been num
erous, but some have been tiled, most
ly on the ground that short weight was
being given in meal, sugar and other
leading commodities.
If dealers are found to be system
atically giving short weights or meas
ures, they will be reported to the na
tfonal administration for’ punishment.
The penalty is blacklisting the offend
ing store by prohibiting wholesaL.
grocers to sell it anything.
Results this week indicate generally
a determined spirit on the part of the
grocers to obey the spirit and the let
ter of the law. In fact, It is stated
that the grocers are really doing more
than the public to keep within the law
Many of them are asked every day by
customers to do things that the law
does not allow.
HOARDING OF HIDES
IS ONE REASON WHY
SHOES ARE SO HIGH
WASHINGTON, D. C-, Jan. 24.
The hoarding of hides by meat pack
ers while shoe prices have been climb
ing giving excessive profits to pack-
I ers who practically control the hidq
I market, are charges contained in the
! report of the federal trade commis
i sion submitted to congress today.
JUDGE LITTLEJOHN UP
AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS
Judge Z. A. Littlejohn, wfio has been
■ confined to his home recently with an
attack of rheumatism, is able to be
I up again and today greeted his many
!ft lends upon the streets. He is now
; engaged in a study of the evidence
and arguments presented in the hear
ing of a motion for retrial in the Chap-
I man fuse, an it is anticipated his de
i cision will be announced withn a few
i days.
Goal Shortage Relieved.
NEW YORK, Jan. 24. —The shortage
of liunk-r coal which a few days ago
I was hampering the fueling of vessels
|hi tl-e ha’bor has been “entirely re
lieved.” according' to a statement todav
ty J. E. detailed by the Unit
j ed States shirping board to supervise
j bunkering ships at this port.
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Ci i I
EDITION
NEW CONIRffI
WITH LIGHT CB.
BAS BEEN MADE
MEANS AN ANNUAL INCREASE!
EXPENDITURE OF $3,800 FOB
THE CITY—COUNCIL RATIFIES
AGREEMENT.
The city and the Americus Lighting
Company have reached an agreement
about the annual charge for services
at the pumping station.
There has been a disagreement ofr
some time, and it seemed once that
the railroad commission would bo
asked to straighten out the tangle.
Heretofore the city has paid $10,500
to cover all costs. The light company
presented figures to show that this
was a losing proposition for them, and
they asked that they be at least reim
bursed for their actual expenses.
The new contract provides for the
same (payment, but also that the city
shall furnish all labor necessary for
the operation of the pumping statioh.
This means an increased expenditure
of about $3,800 a year for the city.
City council ratified the contract at’
its meeting this week.
iklnuunii
is tm HERE
DR, &J. BAYFIELD WILL MAK*
AMERICUS HEADQUARTERS FOB
FIVE COUNTIES—HAS PLENTY
OF SERUM.
Dr. S. J. Rayfield, assistant state
veterinarian, has been stationed tn
i Americus as headquarters for th©
counties of Sumter, Lee. Dougherty,
Terrell and Schley in the govern
ments work, qf co-operative hog chol
era control.
Tie has offices at the Chamber «t
Commerce.
Dr. Ray field has been at Smith
ville, but thrqugh the services p£ Mr.
W. W. Dykes, the state veterinarian,
Dr. Peter F. Bahnsen, was induced te
assign him here.
He has a supply of serum on hand
and administers what is known as the
double treatment. Farmers having
cholera among their hogs are advised
to consult with him.
io reougelFle
OF WT FLDUR
GROCERS TO BE STILL FURTHER
RESTRICTED AND CONSUMERS
LIMITED SO THAT ALLIES CAN
BE SENT MORE.
WASHINGTON,- D. C., Jan. 24.
To create a large export surplus ©f
tour for the allies the food adminis
tration is considering a plan of forced
reduction in flour sales all the way
from the mills to the consumer. All
dealers from millers to bakers, are tn
be reen’red to hold their sales of
flour to 75 per cent, of the total amount
n iw handled by them.
FLOUR SHORTAGE IN
AMERICUS AVERTED
A probable flour shortage in Amer
icus will be averted thiough the agen
cy of the food administration.
This morning the Moreland-Jones
Company advised Food Administrator
Mangum that a carload of flour ship
> .ped to them from Nashville three
weeks ago had be.n held up in At
lanta since January 14. Mr. Mangum
at once took up the matter with thd
state administration, and was notl
i fled later in the day that the «ar
i would be moved at once. It w’’l doubt
less reach here within the next 48
’ hours.
Only one wholesale dealer here has
* any flour now, and his supply is lim
i ited.
NUMBER 21.